I’ve had some construction work going on at my house at High Blantyre since the end of February. In advance of the work, I’d cleared some of the hedges and shrubs along my side of the old School Lane Wall. At places in the wall, trees had previously sprouted from cracks which were cut back. […]
In September 1979, Hamilton District Council gave their thumbs up for plans to go ahead and make Blantyre beautiful. To remove the demolition scar on Blantyre, trees, bushes and grass was to be planted in many separate areas. One prominent area was to be the Stonefield Public Park, immediately across from the proposed shopping centre […]